Black Americana
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Up From Slavery
by Booker T Washington
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was born a slave on a Virginia farm. Later freed, he headed and developed the Tuskegee Institute and became a leader in education. Widely considered a spokesman for his people, he emphasized social concern in three books as well as his autobiography.Louis R. Harlan, born in Clay County, Mississippi, in 1922, is Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Separate and Unequal (University of North Carolina Press, 1958) and of a...
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Black Americana Books & Ephemera
Blues Singers
by Lester, Julius
Includes bibliographical references (p. [46]) and discography (p. 47).
Available at the Center for Educational Pluralism, located in Miller Hall 250.
Available at the Center for Educational Pluralism, located in Miller Hall 250.
When the Saints Go Marching In
by Arranged by Wayne Douglas
Very good clean condition Soprano Alto Choral arrangement of this wonderful Negro Spiritual, "When the Saints Go Marching In "! No writing or marks. Very light wear for choral music that was used. Unique in that alto part is spoken as a drum in opening section!
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CA$5.23
The Old, Old Man And The Very Little Boy
by Franklin, Kristine L. ; Shaffer, Terea (Illustrator)
New York: Atheneum. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0689317352 . Text is clean. Cover and dust jacket shows only limited wear. States First Edition with full number line including '1'. ; Color Illustrations; 10.2 X 8.0 X 0.5 inches; 27 pages .
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CA$9.75
Children of Long Ago
by Lessie Jones Little
Penguin Young Readers Group, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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CA$9.59
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON AND THE NEGRO'S PLACE IN AMERICAN LIFE
by Samuel R. Spencer, Jr
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1955. Paperback. Very Good. 212p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine and edges tanned; otherwise clean and tight. From the LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY series.
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CA$20.90
Social Solidarity and Race Inequalities in the South.
by Lee, E. Franklin
New York: The Author, 1911. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 110, (1) pages. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. The second flyleaf is torn along the gutter about 2/3 the way down. Otherwise the binding shows light to moderate wear and the inner hinges are secure with clean text. "Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Political Science, Columbia University". Much information on population distributions of slaves and whites in...
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SOUTHERN DIALECT SONGS-ROCKIN IN DE WIND-ROCKING IN THE WIND PIANO SHEET MUSIC
by Neidlinger, W. H. (Words & Music by)
William Maxwell Music Co. G. 1904. Non-Book. Selling 'AS IS'. Covers completely separated. Wear, tears, nicks along all edges. Handling showing but still clean for its age. In the key of Low E flat, High G. Some tobacco scent. ; Sheet Music; 101/2x131/2; 8 pages .
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DISCRIMINATION: Based on the Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
by Wallace Mendelson
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1962. Spectrum edition. Paperback. Very Good. 175p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine faintly tanned; small scratch at the bottom. Crease in front cover. Otherwise clean and tight.
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CA$27.87
I Now Know Why Lord (SIGNED)
by Lee, Betty
Charlotte, N.C.: Conquering Books, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to. 146 pages. Soft cover bound in dark brown and grey pictorial wrappers. Light to moderate wear to the binding. The front cover has a couple of small bumps and dents or contact marks. INSCRIBED by the author on the Table of Contents page, "For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy feet from being Taken. Proverbs 3:26. / Betty Lee." Illustrated with several full-page nicely rendered drawings. This is the...
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CA$48.77
WILLIAM STYRON'S NAT TURNER: Ten Black Writers Respond
by John Henrik Clarke, ed
Boston: Beacon Press, 1969. 5th Beacon Paperback printing. Paperback. Very Good. 120p. A softcover book in near-fine condition. Edges barely rubbed; otherwise clean and tight.
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THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: WHAT IF HE WERE STILL ALIVE TODAY
by Edward K. Braxton
[No place]: Most Rev. Edward K. Braxton, 2018. Paperback. Very Good. 19p. A staplebound booklet in essentially fine condition, except for a small label taped to the back cover. Otherwise clean and tight. A speculative essay by a Catholic bishop of Belleville, Illinois. Comes with a printed card presenting this copy with Rev. Braxton's compliments.
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RACE AND RADICALISM: The NAACP and the Communist Party in Conflict
by Wilson Record
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1966. 1st Cornell Paperbacks edition. Paperback. Very Good. 237p. A softcover book in very good condition. Edges rubbed; otherwise clean and tight. From the series COMMUNISM AND AMERICAN LIFE and CORNELL STUDIES IN CIVIL LIBERTY.
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RACE, CLASS, AND PARTY: A History of Negro Suffrage and White Politics in the South
by Paul Lewinson
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1965. Universal Library edition. Paperback. Very Good. 302p. A softcover book in near-fine condition. Edges barely rubbed; price sticker residue on the front. Otherwise clean and tight.
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CA$20.90
SEVEN ON BLACK: Reflections on the Negro Experience in America
by William G. Shade and Roy C. Herrenkohl, eds
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1969. 2nd Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 177p. A softcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed; mild crinkling at top and bottom of spine. Otherwise clean and tight.
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BLACK STUDIES IN THE UNIVERSITY: A Symposium
by Armstead L. Robinson, Craig C. Foster, and Donald H. Ogilvie, eds
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1969. 2nd Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 231p. A softcover book in very god condition. Cover lightly rubbed; small, faint crease at top of front cover. Otherwise clean and tight.
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CA$41.80
Black Christianization in Haiti: The Interface of Church and State
by Breathett, George
N.p.. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 115 pages. Soft cover bound in tan wrappers. There is light wear to the binding, which is rubbed and shows a moderate wrinkle on the back corner where the cover has been folded. The text is clean and sound. This is an unpublished academic work written by George Breathett, a Greensboro, North Carolina writer and professor at Bennett College.
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FAITH OF OUR FATHERS: An Examination of the Spiritual Life of African and African-American People
by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc, 2003. 1st Edition. Paperback. As New. 180p. A softcover book in fine condition, as new.
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CA$34.84
Escaping Bondage: A Documentary History of Runaway Slaves in Eighteenth-Century New England, 1700-1789
by Bly, Antonio T
Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2012. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 335 pages, indexed. Soft cover bound in black and brown wrappers. Moderate wear to the binding. There is a vertical crease on the laminate on the spine. Some of the pages have heavy underlining and notations. A sound copy.
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RACE IN THE GLOBAL ERA: African Americans at the Millennium
by Clarence Lusane
Boston: South End Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 255p. A softcover book in very good condition. University bookstore stickers on back and corners of cover slightly bent. Otherwise clean and tight.
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The Autobiography of a Slave / Autobiografia de un Esclavo (Latin American Literature Series)
by Manzano, Juan Francisco
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 135 pages. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. There is a tear and wrinkle at the bottom edge of the leaf for pages 5/6 (Introduction). The rest of the book appears clean. Bilingual edition. Spanish is on the left-hand page and the English translation is on the facing right-hand page. Juan Francisco Manzano (1797-1854) was a slave of African descent born in the...
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CA$69.68
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER: Essays on Race, Resistance, and Radicalism
by Manning Marable
Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1996. Second Printing. Paperback. As New. 292p. A softcover book in fine condition. Text clean, binding tight, and spine uncreased; essentially like new.
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HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE
by Arvarh E. Strickland
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. 286p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Binding is cockeyed, but still tight. Owner's small signature on front endpaper; otherwise, text is clean. The jacket has some very light shelf wear, plus a tiny tear on the edge of the spine. Erased handwritten price on front flap. Otherwise, jacket is essentially intact. The Urban League is devoted to the social and economic advancement of African-Americans,...
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PORTRAIT OF A DECADE: The Second American Revolution
by Anthony Lewis and THE NEW YORK TIMES
New York: Random House, 1964. Early printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 322p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Binding slightly cockeyed, but still tight; text is unmarked. The jacket is lightly toned and crinkled, but fully intact. A history of the Civil Rights era spanning 1954-1964, illustrated with a section of black and white photographs.
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Christmas Gift : An Anthology of Christmas Poems, Songs, and Stories, Written by and about African Americans
by Joseph G. Rollins; Charlemae Rollins
HarperCollins Publishers, 1993. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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CA$14.39
OBERLINIANA. A Jubilee Volume of Semi-Historical Anecdotes Connected with the Past and Present of Oberlin College
by A.L. Shumway and C. DeW. Brower
Cleveland: Home Publishing Co, 1883. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 175p. A hardcover book with a dark brown cloth spine and printed boards. Acceptable condition; the spine is heavily worn, the edges are scuffed, and the front hinge is starting to crack. All pages remain attached nonetheless. Endpapers tanned and some mild foxing inside, but otherwise, text unmarked. Contains a section of engravings depicting the campus buildings and of presidents Charles G. Finney and James H....
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